They'd have to have a really good, easily-accesible list of people who are banned from the Albion for them to refer to in real time pretty much. I can't see it.
The number of tickets available this morning was c350 (I got a Tier 1 friend of mine to check about 7am). That number then went down to basically zero between 8.30 and 9, but jumped back up to 300+ as soon as 9.00am rolled around, so the club definitely cleared the baskets of anyone trying to...
I got 3 bang on 9am by selecting the block and then clicking best available. I think doing that instead of trying to select individual seats probably made the difference. I tend to avoid doing it when buying gig tickets, due to price differential between different options, but it seemed a no...